Tim Goodwin is widely considered to be among the best high school football coaches in the country, and his Marion Local (Maria Stein, OH) program owns the longest active winning streak in the nation. Goodwin visits with Says Who Sports to discuss the importance of humility despite incredible success, including Marion Local’s record fourteen state championships, the core values of his program, the strong value of a coaching staff that brings a wealth of experience and ideas, and his thoughts on competing in the Midwest Athletic Conference, a powerhouse small school league where multiple schools winning state championships in a variety of sports, not just football, each year has become commonplace.

Goodwin shares his perspectives on the work ethic and strong family values inherent to kids growing up in a community and surrounding area with a rich history of farming and agriculture, life lessons learned from the toughest moments in coaching including tragedy, the ever-increasing spotlight on his program and his disdain for self-promotion, the intense practices that prepare his teams for crunch time in the biggest games, the intense debate among high school football fans in Ohio and beyond about the possibility that his teams could compete with and/or defeat the best ‘big school’ teams in the state, the influence of Bill Belichick on his coaching approach, and much more!